I need to strip some puntcuation from any field in a given table.
I'd rather like to avoid using the replace () for each field in the
table.
Anyone have a nifty way do this?
Is there a special name that I can use in the replace that means the
entire row?
(other than syntax, something like REPLACE(@ROW,CHAR(39),'') )
tia
Rob
Hello,
I have a table in SQL Server 2000 which has few triggers. When I try to update a record in that table, I get following message:
Warning: The table '[TABLE_NAME]' has been created but its maximum row size (17275) exceeds the maximum number of bytes per row (8060). INSERT or UPDATE of a row in this table will fail if the resulting row length exceeds 8060 bytes.
where the data I am updating is well less than the field limit. The triggers are stored in syscomments table and when I dropped these triggers, the update statements were executed without this message. Is there anyway I can change the data type of field text in syscomments from nvarchar to ntext?
Thanks
Din
when insert a multiple line string value into a field it display with two squares when open table.
insert into temptest (test,refdetails,cardno)values('test1','this is first line
and second line
and third line',
'23243')
this record shows in the database with squares for enter key. how to replace these squares with space?
pat
this is first line and [][]second line [][]and third line
What's the maximum number of characters that varchar field will take? I read somewhere that it's 8k, but I may have misunderstood.
I have to potentially store 100k+ chars in a field.
What's the best way to do this?
Thanks,
--PhB
--PhB
Hi everyone -
I need to remove the formatting characters
from the phone field in the database.
The data entry scrubber did not perform correct,
and now, a LOT of records have the ( in the field.
Is there a quick way to remove the ( from the field in the database??
MSSQL 2000
thanks
tony
Hi there - I would like to share this strip of code with our SQL 2000DBA community. The code below strips all non-numeric characters from agiven string field and rebuilds the string. Very simple, but I had tobuild it from scratch due the lack of info on this specific matter. Iam sure there are better solutions out there, although I will be gladif this script can help anyone. Feel free to modify and comment itback.Regards,Rubem Linn JuniorMCSE, .NET developerWeb Apps Specialist------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN---------------------------------------------------DECLARE @String_Length AS INTEGER -- Length of the given stringDECLARE @Original_String as NVARCHAR(50) -- The field to stripnon-numeric charsDECLARE @counter as integer -- simple counter variableDECLARE @Stripped_String as nvarchar(50) -- The field after beenstripped-- Get the length of the field (string) to be parsedSELECT @String_Length = len(someStringField) FROM SomeTable WHEREFilterID = 001-- Get the field (string) to be parsedSELECT @Original_String = someStringField FROM SomeTable WHEREFilterID = 001-- Set counter variable to 1SELECT @counter = 1-- Reset this variableSELECT @Stripped_String = ''-- Initiate loop from 1 to the Length of the given stringWHILE (@counter) <= @String_LengthBEGIN-- Check if the char in the lap is numericif substring(@Original_String,@counter,1) LIKE '[0-9]'BEGIN-- Load this variable with the non-numeric-- data stripped from the original stringselect @Stripped_String = @Stripped_String +substring(@Original_String,@counter,1)END-- Increment the counter by oneselect @counter = @counter + 1END-- Print the original string with all charactersPRINT @Original_String-- Print the numeric data that was stripped outPRINT RTRIM(LTRIM(@Stripped_String))
View 1 Replies View RelatedHello,
I need to strip out all alpha chars and spaces in a given field and return only the numbers.
I've tried =CInt(Fields!Info.Value) and get an unexplained error. If the data was formatted consitantly I could simply do a RTrim or Right, but the number strings are not the same, some have spaces as in phone numbers (1 800 555 1212) or don't have a leading 1. Most instances are correct for my purpose (8005551212).
Any help would be appreciated.
UPDATE: Using the Replace function =Replace(Fields!Info.Value, " ","") gets me almost there. Now I should be able to use a Right, 10 function to return my desired value. Is it possible to combine these two funtions together?
Say I have a column called 'NAME' in a table called 'CLIENT' and the values in NAME are Surnames or company names like:
NAME
----------------------
1-FOR-ALL
A.B. SMITH (TOOLS LTD)
BROWN
THOMSON
VW CAR SALES
I want my select to return the first 3 characters, excluding special characters (only characters between 1 and z).
In example, the following would be returned for the data above:
NAME
----------------------
1FO
ABS
BRO
THO
VWC
Say I have a column called 'NAME' in a table called 'CLIENT' and the values in NAME are Surnames or company names like:
NAME
----------------------
1-FOR-ALL
A.B. SMITH (TOOLS LTD)
BROWN
THOMSON
VW CAR SALES
I want my select to return the first 3 characters, excluding special characters (only characters between 1 and z).
In example, the following would be returned for the data above:
NAME
----------------------
1FO
ABS
BRO
THO
VWC
Hi All
I have loaded some data to the application using flat files
which has non english chars.
all the columns in the database are NVARCHAR type.
but in db and in application UI, the non english chars are being diplayed as junk chars. ???121
The application supports UTF-8 format
is there any setting at db level to be modified to display the non english char set as is.
Thanks
Hi,
I am very new to using SSIS.
Trying to import data from MS Access 2000.
I receive the error "
[OLE DB Destination [1907]] Warning: Truncation may occur due to inserting data from data flow column "GENDER" with a length of 255 to database column "GENDER" with a length of 2. " on the source flow.
I have done some googling and came up with this post: http://torontosql.dotnetnuke-portal.com/Default.aspx?tabid=32233 which I thought may help, but it does not.
The query against the access datasource features the column: iif([sex]=1, 'm', 'f'). I tried using left(..., 2) as well, but SSIS is determind to treat the field as 255 characters for some reason.
I don't even particualrly care that the field is 255 chars and the sources is only two, I just want the data in! I have other fields coming up with similar error.
Can someone please advise?
PS, what is th significance of the "External Columns" Vs "Output Columns" on the Input and Output Properties tab in Advanced Editor?
I am really struggling with SSIS, it is not as intuitive as DTS.
I need to run a replace on a varbinary field but I am unsure how. I have tried mulitple different methods and to no avail. I am stumped.
I have attached a zip folder that contains a spreadsheet that shows what I am trying to do. In the first tab it shows the SQL command I use to call the field I want to change. In this case it's the Content field and I am calling it using the content_key. As you can tell the content is stored as varbinary. In the second sheet, It shows this varbinary being converted to varchar(max) and it shows what the actual text says.
The table that this information is stored is is called digitalassetcontent
I need to remove the
Code:
<STYLE>H1{font-weight:bold}H1{font-size: 14pt}OL</STYLE><H1>Product Description</H1>
That is in front of the actual product description.
Somehow I need to run this command:
Code:
Update digitalassetcontent
set content = replace(CAST(content as varchar(max)), '<STYLE>H1{font-weight:bold}H1{font-size: 14pt}OL</STYLE><H1>Product Description</H1>','')
Where CAST(content as varchar(max)) like '<STYLE>H1{font-weight:bold}H1{font-size: 14pt}OL</STYLE><H1>Product Description</H1>%' AND content_key = 'desc214974236480438500781058983745755010'
This is the error message I get when running this code: Implicit conversion from data type varchar(max) to varbinary(max) is not allowed. Use the CONVERT function to run this query.
On the varbinary field. How do I do this?
Is it possible to replace a string value that uses a wildcard? For example, I'm trying to update a field on a table and replace the field value where it starts with a specific two character pattern and remove it from the string. The field is a delimited string and I want to replace any occurrence of ;A0% or ;A0* with a null value. I don't want to replace the entire field with a null value.
Let's say my field value is this:
;00236;08231;06106 Washington DC;06106 CCA Wash DC;05120;A0106;
I want the result to be this:
;00236;08231;06106 Washington DC;06106 CCA Wash DC;05120;
I was trying several variations:
UPDATE myTable SET myField = REPLACE(myField,'XX%','')
I have a detail table of comments. I need to grab the fist 50 characters from the comment field from this table. The kick is that I need to get the comments from all of the records in the detail table, as the comments might be less than 50 characters, so i need to pull the comments from the other comment records that apply to the master table record.
right now i have the comments in a join to the master table, but this is causing a few records to be returned....
I guess what i am looking for is a way to grab the comment value from the first record of the detail table.
Does anyone know how to query a field in a table where it contains anASCII code >= 128 - without looping through every field for everyrecord in table (using charindex)?Ex of char I would like to find: ü which is char(252)
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a text field that contains multiple words. Is there a way with SQL to relace a single word with another?
for example:
FIELD : CompanyName
DATA : Microsoft Corp.
DATA : IBM Corp.
etc...
DATA : Canon Corp. of America
How can I run a routine to just REPLACE "Corp." with "Corporation" ?
Thanks for your help!
Scott
I need help on replace char in ntext data type
Here is the example data
<qMultipleChoice><qText>The%20AE%20understands%20what%20conditions%20the%2 0Account%20Manager%20is%20allowed%20to%20sign-off
20on.</qText><qChoice>Strongly20Disagree</qChoice><qChoice>Disagree
</qChoice><qChoice>Agree</qChoice><qChoice>Strongly%20Agree</qCh
I want result look like this
First Column:The AE Understands what conditions the Account Manager is allowed to sign-off.
Second Column: Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
This is what i had so far
Select (SUBSTRING(QuestionText, (PATINDEX(N'%<qText>%', QuestionText) + 7),(PATINDEX(N'%</qText>%', QuestionText) - (PATINDEX(N'%<qText>%', QuestionText) + 7)))) From tblQuestion
my result:
The%20AE%20understands%20what%20conditions%20the%2 0Account%20Manager%20is%20allowed%20to%20sign-off%20on.
I have problem with replace '%20' and how to make the second column.
Any Help?
Thanks
Shan
I am hoping someone will be able to help me with this.
i have a table of accountholders with the following fields
account_no
account_name
image_path
the image_path field has a defaultvalue images/***.jpg
I am looking for a query code to update the value in the image_path field by replacing the *** value with the value of the
account_no field
Hi, I need to replace a character from a column of a txt file. I have defined the column and the values (datetime type for sql server) that I receive are like this: 2008-02-15-20.07.19
So, I need to replace the "." with a ":" beacuse those are minutes and sql server uses ":" for minutes
How can I do this? Any help?
Thanks
I found it rather hard to replace a string in an NTEXT field in sql server 2000. Would it be easier in SSIS 2005? Please advise. Thanks.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have a table called 'wp_postmeta' (Wordpress) which contains a column called 'meta_value'. A typical field in this column looks like this:
Code:
a:22:{s:12:"productimage";s:104:"http://www.disobeyclothing.com/wp-content/themes/eCommerce3/images/tshirts/SurveillanceSociety-Black.png";s:13:"productimage1";s:104:"http://www.disobeyclothing.com/wp-content/themes/eCommerce3/images/tshirts/SurveillanceSociety-White.png";s:13:"productimage2";s:0:"";s:13:"productimage3";s:0:"";s:13:"productimage4";s:0:"";
s:13:"productimage5";s:0:"";s:13:"productimage6";s:0:"";s:5:"pr
[code]...
I've tried to run the following query but each time I run it, it wipes all data in the field:
Code:
UPDATE wp_postmeta set meta_value=replace(meta_value, 'URL...')
I've also tried this query, but it has the same effect:
Code:
UPDATE wp_postmeta
SET meta_value = replace(LTRIM(RTRIM(meta_value)), URL...
I am attempting to find quotes (") in a column and replace with the string '--THIS-WAS-QUOTES--'. Right now my script only converts the first quote it finds in the description column, converts to the string and moves to the next row leaving the other quotes as they were. Below is my query script
DECLARE @find varchar(8000),
@replace varchar(8000),
@patfind varchar(8000)
SELECT @find = '"',
@replace = '--THIS-WAS-QUOTES--'
SELECT @patfind = '%' + @find + '%'
UPDATE Incident
SET description = STUFF(convert( varchar(8000), description ),
PATINDEX( @patfind, description ),
DATALENGTH( @find ),
@replace )
WHERE description LIKE @patfind
I am attempting to find quotes (") in a column and replace with the string '--THIS-WAS-QUOTES--'. Right now my script only converts the first quote it finds in the description column, converts to the string and moves to the next row leaving the other quotes as they were. Below is my query script
DECLARE @find varchar(8000),
@replace varchar(8000),
@patfind varchar(8000)
SELECT @find = '"',
@replace = '--THIS-WAS-QUOTES--'
SELECT @patfind = '%' + @find + '%'
UPDATE Incident
SET description = STUFF(convert( varchar(8000), description ),
PATINDEX( @patfind, description ),
DATALENGTH( @find ),
@replace )
WHERE description LIKE @patfind
Hi I have a table named UserMaster having a column Sex for male and female.Sex MaleMaleFemaleFemaleFemale I want to replace all Male with Female and all Female with Male with a single query. Can any one please help me out
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I would like to replace the value in the Select query of CO OWNER with a space ' ' or NULL if the ORDINAL value = 0.
The CO OWNER name is stored in the CARDNAME table, and the OWNER name is stored in the NAME table. I can not change the db structure.
JEAN is the ACCOUNT owner and BILL is CO OWNER of two cards.
Current Select Results:
ACCOUNT CARD ORDINAL CO OWNER OWNER
200500 9999999999999100 2 BILL JEAN
200500 9999999999999101 1 BILL JEAN
200500 9999999999999102 0 BILL JEAN
Desired Select Results:
ACCOUNT CARD ORDINAL CO OWNER OWNER
200500 9999999999999100 2 BILL JEAN
200500 9999999999999101 1 BILL JEAN
200500 9999999999999102 0 NULL JEAN
Current SQL Select statement:
SELECT DISTINCT
CARD.PARENTACCOUNT AS ACCOUNT,
CARD.NUMBER AS CARD,
CARD.ORDINAL,
CARD.STATUS,
CARDNAME.FIRST AS CO_OWNER,
[code]....
I am trying to replace names found in 'xml' field name as hyperlinks, by matching with the names in database_tags.I am using the following function below, however the UDF is only recognizing one name from the XML fieldname data, instead of all the names present in the XML data.
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[ReplaceTags](@XML VARCHAR(MAX))
RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)
AS
BEGIN
[code]...
for example, if the XML input data is the following: It consists of: BANKP, BCJA, BCJAM, BFTH, BFTH, and EMPOP.But the updated function is only recognizing two of names BFTH, BFTH, as hyperlinks, from the database_tags table.Is there a way to get the function to recognize more than one names as hyperlinks.
Have a nvarchar column in ms sql that, based on user input, may or may not have a carriage return and a line break together (CHR(13)&CHR(10)), just a carriage return (CHR(13)), just a line break (CHR(10)). In using that column in ssrs, I need to find if any of the above exist and replace them with the string "x0Dx0A", "x0D", or "x0A" respectively.
I'm getting lost in this expression:
=SWITCH
( (InStr(Fields!Info.Value, CHR(13)&CHR(10) > 0, REPLACE(Fields!Info.Value, CHR(13)&CHR(10)), "x0Dx0A")), (InStr(Fields!Info.Value, CHR(13) > 0, REPLACE(Fields!Info.Value, CHR(13)), "x0D")), (InStr(Fields!Info.Value, CHR(10)
> 0, REPLACE(Fields!Info.Value, CHR(10)), "x0A")) )
Error is:
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: The Value expression for the textrun ‘Info.Paragraphs[0].TextRuns[0]’ contains an error: [BC30455] Argument not specified for parameter 'Replacement' of 'Public Function Replace(Expression As String, Find As String,
[Code] .....
I'm trying to find a specific string (a name) and replace it with another inside of a VARCHAR(7000) field. Unfortunately, there are names like Ted and Ken that I'm trying to replace. I would like to leave words like Broken, admitted, etc... intact.
UPDATEtbl
SETBody = LEFT(REPLACE(tbl.Body, pm.OldFirstName, p.FirstName), 7000)
FROM Table tbl
JOIN Person p ON p.PersonID = tbl.PersonID
JOIN PersonMap pm ON pm.PersonID = p.PersonID AND LEN(pm.OldFirstName) > 2
WHEREtbl.Body LIKE '%[^a-z]'+pm.OldFirstName+'[., ]%
'The problem I'm running into is that the '[, ]%' in the LIKE excludes any record that ends with the FirstName because it is requiring either a space, comma or period after the name. Is there some way to add an empty string to the list of acceptable characters as that would cover any scenario in the data? I would prefer not to add all characters except space, comma and period, but I guess I could do that.
Hi guys,
I need to get a column with the sum of the field "SUF" from table "JurnalTransMoves_1" when that field ("SUF") is ordered by the field "REFERENCE" from table "Stock", and Show the value only once.
The desired result should by something like:
Stock.REFERENCE
JurnalTransMoves.SUF
SUM(JurnalTransMoves.SUF) Group By Stock.REFERENCE
5752
10
60
5752
20
5752
30
5753
400
3000
5753
500
5753
600
5753
700
5753
800
5754
7
15
5754
8
Is there any chance to do that?
Thanks in advance,
Aldo.
Code Snippet
SELECT
Accounts.FULLNAME AS 'ACCOUNTS.FULLNAME',
Accounts.ACCOUNTKEY AS 'ACCOUNTS.ACCOUNTKEY',
Accounts.FILTER AS 'ACCOUNTS.FILTER',
Accounts.SORTGROUP AS 'ACCOUNTS.SORTGROUP',
AccSortNames.SORTCODENAME AS 'AccSortNames.SORTCODENAME',
Accounts.CreditTermsCode AS 'Accounts.CreditTermsCode',
CreditTerms.DETAILS AS 'CreditTerms.DETAILS'
CreditTerms.CURRENF AS 'CreditTerms.CURRENF'
CreditTerms.MONTH AS 'CreditTerms.MONTH',
CreditTerms.DAYS AS 'CreditTerms.DAYS',
CreditTerms.SHAREPRC AS 'CreditTerms.SHAREPRC',
CreditTerms.TEMF AS 'CreditTerms.TEMF',
CASE
WHEN CAST(Accounts.VatExampt AS int) = 0 THEN 'x'
WHEN CAST(Accounts.VatExampt AS int) = 1 THEN 'y'
ELSE 'Undefined' END AS 'VAT',
Stock.DOCUMENTID AS 'Stock.DOCUMENTID',
DocumentsDef.DOCNAME As 'DocumentsDef.DOCNAME',
CASE
WHEN CAST(Stock.DOCUMENTID as int) = 1 THEN Stock.DOCNUMBER
WHEN CAST(Stock.DOCUMENTID as int) = 3 THEN Stock.DOCNUMBER
WHEN CAST(Stock.DOCUMENTID as int) = 35 THEN Stock.DOCNUMBER
WHEN CAST(Stock.DOCUMENTID as int) = 120 THEN Stock.DOCNUMBER
WHEN CAST(Stock.DOCUMENTID as int) = 31 THEN Stock.REFERENCE
WHEN CAST(Stock.DOCUMENTID as int) = 44 THEN Stock.REFERENCE
WHEN CAST(Stock.DOCUMENTID as int) = 34 THEN Stock.REFERENCE
WHEN CAST(Stock.DOCUMENTID as int) = 43 THEN Stock.REFERENCE
WHEN CAST(Stock.DOCUMENTID as int) = 40 THEN Stock.REFERENCE
ELSE '' END AS 'Invoice No',
Stock.VALUEDATE AS 'Stock.VALUEDATE',
JurnalTrans.DESCRIPTION AS 'JurnalTrans.DESCRIPTION',
JurnalTrans.REF2 AS 'JurnalTrans.REF2',
JurnalTransMoves.SUF AS 'JurnalTransMoves.SUF',
JurnalTransMoves_1.SUF AS 'JurnalTransMoves_1.SUF',
JurnalTransMoves.TRANSID AS 'JURNALTRANSMOVES.TRANSID'
FROM
JURNALTRANSMOVES AS JurnalTransMoves_1
INNER JOIN JURNALTRANSMOVES AS JurnalTransMoves
INNER JOIN (SELECT DISTINCT JURNALTRANSID, RECEIPTSTOCKID, FULLMATCH, TABLFNUM, CKCODE, RSORT, RUSEFID FROM RECEIPTJURNALMATCH) AS ReceiptJurnalMatch_1 ON ReceiptJurnalMatch_1.JURNALTRANSID = JurnalTransMoves.ID
INNER JOIN ACCOUNTS AS Accounts ON JurnalTransMoves.ACCOUNTKEY = Accounts.ACCOUNTKEY
INNER JOIN JURNALTRANS AS JurnalTrans ON JurnalTransMoves.TRANSID = JurnalTrans.TRANSID
INNER JOIN STOCK AS Stock ON JurnalTrans.STOCKID = Stock.ID ON JurnalTransMoves_1.TRANSID = JurnalTrans.TRANSID AND JurnalTransMoves_1.ACCOUNTKEY = Accounts.ACCOUNTKEY
LEFT OUTER JOIN ITEMS AS Items
INNER JOIN STOCKMOVES ON Items.ITEMKEY = STOCKMOVES.ITEMKEY
INNER JOIN ITEMSORTNAMES AS ItemSortNames ON Items.SORTGROUP = ItemSortNames.ITEMSORTCODE ON Stock.ID = STOCKMOVES.STOCKID
LEFT OUTER JOIN ACCSORTNAMES AS AccSortNames ON Accounts.SORTGROUP = AccSortNames.ACCSORTCODE
LEFT OUTER JOIN CREDITTERMS AS CreditTerms ON Accounts.CREDITTERMSCODE = CreditTerms.CREDITTERMSCODE
LEFT OUTER JOIN DOCUMENTSDEF AS DocumentsDef ON Stock.DOCUMENTID = DocumentsDef.DOCUMENTID
WHERE
Accounts.SORTGROUP Between '3001' And '3020'
AND Accounts.ACCOUNTKEY IN ('123456')
ORDER BY Accounts.ACCOUNTKEY
Hi,
I have source table , fact table and four dim. tables , I have to update a field in fact table from source table.
How can I do it?
thanks...
I've got a lot of %20 characters in my tables, and need to remove them however I get the error:
Argument data type ntext is invalid for argument 1 of replace function.
My Code:
UPDATE cmsPropertyData
SET dataNtext = REPLACE(dataNtext,'%20','')
WHERE cmsPropertyData.contentNodeId = 1151
Hi! I've some data in a table, and I want to add these records to another table, but I tried yet with select ... Into ... and I lose all the data from this one. I need to ADD the data from table to table. Any suggestion?
Thx